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[–] i_ben_fine@midwest.social 3 points 23 hours ago

Oh, at first I thought that was crazy, but I actually do the same thing.

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

My favorite was 9, you decrement the unit position and increment the 10s position

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

9 is fun. Start counting up and down from 6 and 5 respectively. Multiply by 9. You get two numbers from the same two digits. 54,45. 63,36...

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Open your hands and turn down the Nth finger. 9•N is the the number of fingers to the left of it in the 10s position and the number of fingers to the right in the unit position.

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

What sorcery is this!

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That's literally the easiest table.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The 0 times table would like a word.

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Which schools teach the 1 and 0 tables? Mine certainly didn't. We learned 2 to 12. IMHO the most difficult one is 7.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 1 points 20 hours ago

Any decent teacher will do 1 and 0 at the very beginning. It takes, like, 10 minutes and puts the tables into context.

[–] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

A word and one word only

[–] iii@mander.xyz 7 points 2 days ago
[–] dicksteele@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

I use 5, 8, 11, 17 and 35 times table daily. I would say it’s best to practice repetition if you want to remember something. Plus your teachers lied to you, you will always have a calculator with you!

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 days ago

wait is that not how everyone does it 😂

[–] kokope11i@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Whatever works for you. I take half of the non five number and stick a zero on it. Plus five for odds.

[–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It has never even occurred to me to do it this way. May actually start, myself.

[–] iii@mander.xyz 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Joke's on you, I remember my nines

[–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago